Justin gifted a lock of his hair to Ellen DeGeneres in a signed box the day after his much-buzzed-about cut and it was immediately auctioned off on eBay last week. Within an hour the bids were up to $10,000.

Yesterday it sold for a whopping $40,668. Per DeGeneres, the entire sum will be donated to the animal rescue organization The Gentle Barn Foundation, and the winning bidder will get to meet the teen superstar the next time he appears on The Ellen Show.

No word on who Wednesday’s winning bidder was just yet, but I suspect it’s some old creepy billionaire who likes boys. Who the hell else would buy a piece of hair for $40,000 bux??

In related news, Justin & Selena Gomez make a cute couple but his young fans are so jealous that they’ve threatened to kill her and rumor has it one of em punched her in the face!